I think we are still recovering in here from our zoo trip!  Lots of excitement and discussions in here.  🙂  I know that Mondays are the lightest day for visitors at the zoo and April is less crowded than May/June.  So I’m glad I was given a Monday in April for my bus date.

READING-Unit 9 The Amazing Ocean

WRITING-Descriptive Sentences

Their focus question will be…”If you had a pet fish, what would you and your pet fish do?”

Wednesday they will do their Prewrite.  By now they should be writing a sentence using descriptive or interesting words.  For example, “My fish and I would ride on our jet skis” or “My fish and I would eat ice cream on a park bench” or “My fish and I would ride on a Merry-Go-Round.”  They should be writing more than just “…go to the park”  or …”play.”  Do what at the park?  or Play what?  Where?

Thursday is Revise and Edit Day for their writing conference with me.

Friday is Publish Day.  They will write their final piece and share with the class.

SPELLING-“ig” chunk     big  wig  pig  wig  fish  has  look

I reminded them that big and dig start with different letters!  Make sure they write the correct letter.

MATH-Unit 8  We’ll work with Number Families.  What are some different ways to make 9?  Get out some spoons and give it a try.  2 + 7   6 + 3   0 + 9    7 + 2   What are some other ways to make 9?

SCIENCE-Fish Characteristics!  We’ll also talk about Living and Non-Living Things.

This week the students will also have their third Writing Prompt for the year.  They already know that it will be about Plants.  Remember, it’s a writing assessment so their writing will be what is graded.

Have a good week.

Mrs. Smith

  Can you spot the 2 polar bears?

  the new baby calf giraffe, born Sept. 30

  Mom (left) and baby following

  the zoo’s other new baby, a zebra with mom

 Can you spot the 2 Rhinos?

Thanks to all the parents who chaperoned.  I hope you enjoyed the day with your child.  🙂

See you tomorrow Kindergarten!

We had a great day at the Detroit Zoo.  The weather cooperated, the rain showers held off, and the sun even showed its face.  Here are a few pictures of some of the animals.

    a Bush Dog

  For Gus, the Flamingos

  lazy lions, male and female

  a Vulture

  Look closely…2 brothers, Great Apes

  a mother and her 3 year old who just loves to snuggle

  check out that foot!

  brother and sister watching Dad warm himself on the warming rock

  Hayden and Gabriel on the ride back to school

Yes, we are going to the Zoo!!

Remember…

pack a lunch

wear comfortable shoes

dress for weather 🙂

We will leave around 9:15.

Parents,

If you have a zoo membership and will be attending the trip, you will need your membership card to enter.

If you have a membership and are NOT attending this trip, please send in a photo copy of your membership card, along with the permission slip and money.

Welcome back from Spring Break!  A quick look at the week…

READING-Unit 9  Interesting Insects

LETTER- G  g  

WORDS-he   she

WRITING-Questions and Answers

SPELLING WORDS-he   she   bag   rag   tag   flag insect   beetle

MATH-What’s My Rule?

NOTICE-Late Start for tomorrow has been CANCELLED.  Students are to report at regular time.

Field Trip Permission Slips to the Detroit Zoo will go home today.  In order to get the group rate of $5.50 per person, I need to pay by Thursday.  Please have the money and signed permission slip back to me by Thursday.  Parents only (NO SIBLINGS) may attend this trip. $5.50 per person. The students will ride the bus. Parents may follow the bus or meet us there. We will leave school about 9:15-9:30 and leave the zoo around 1:30-1:45.  Students may bring a sack lunch.  There are places to eat.  Wear comfortable shoes and dress for weather.  This is always a fun trip and I’m looking forward to it!

Have a good week!

Mrs. Smith

Here’s what the Math information card looks like…

Parents,

Your child is bringing home a small slip for EveryDay Math.  You can use the information to play some games that go with our Kindergarten Math Program.

Mrs. Smith

P.S.  I gave these out in Sept. but thought you could use them now too.

Looking ahead…We will be taking a field trip to The Detroit Zoo on Monday, April 20.  After the break I will post all information and send home a permission slip.  I just wanted to give you a heads-up on the date.

Mrs. Smith

Brrr..it’s good kite flying weather with the winds, but it’s also quite cold.  I read that The temperature prediction for Thursday is 70 degrees!  Wouldn’t that be lovely?  🙂

For those of you who went to Howard’s Roller Skating Event, I hope you enjoyed the evening.  If you didn’t attend and had other plans, I hope you enjoyed your family time too.

Here’s what we’ll be doing this week…

READING-We’ll finish Unit 8   What’s In My Garden? I’ll read “Sunflower House.”

WRITING-Most of the students are writing 2-3 sentences on a single topic.  Several students are writing more than 3 sentences on a topic.  What great writers! They are focused on sounds and the corresponding letters to go with the sounds. Many are going beyond the individual sound to letter and are writing known words or are connecting to rhyming or spelling words.  Awesome!!

They’ll write about what they might grow if they had a little garden.  They’ll also write about if they had a little sunflower house, what would they do in it?  Their writing response should be more detailed than just “I would play in it.”  Who would be in the house with them?  What would they play? Would they eat anything?  Where would their house be?  What would they have in the house?  a bed?  a lamp?  a teddy bear?

On Thursday I will read a folk tale titled “The Rabbit and the Elephant.” Hmmm…I wonder what that tale will teach us?

SPELLING-Review week and a new chunk ub.

said  little  was  here  sub  tub  cub  rub

MATH-Telling Time    We’ve already talked about the hour hand, the minute hand. where the hands need to be for o’clocks, and that there are 5 minutes between any two consecutive numbers on the clock. Last week, using my big clock, I walked through 24 hours with them.  This is 7:00-you are waking up.  8:00-eating breakfast  9:00-in school  11:00-finishing our Writing/Reading Groups 12:00-Recess  3:00-finishing our afternoon  4:00-home, having a snack and reviewing Spelling Words  5:00-setting the table and helping to prepare dinner 6:00-clearing the table and helping to clean up 7:00-studying Spelling Words and playing  (7:30-get ready for bed) 8:00-IN BED   9:00 PM-7:00 AM -sleeping and then the cycle begins again. They were laughing and enjoying a walk through their day.

We also will review > <  =

On Tuesday we will enjoy Ice Cream Sundaes…this month’s reward for good behavior and making good choices.  Well earned, Kindergarteners.  Keep up making those good choices.

SCIENCE-We will observe and record our plant growth in our Science Journals.

FRIDAY-No School

Have a glorious Easter and Spring Break!

Mrs. Smith